A hemophilic bacillus is a rod-shaped, free-living microorganism that is the causative agent of hemophilic infection. It is transmitted only from person to person, most often by airborne droplets. In Western countries, the hemophilic bacillus does not particularly bother its carriers - there children are vaccinated from it, but in our country - no, few parents even imagine what it is. Any person in the upper respiratory tract lives these pathogens. In the normal state, the hemophilic bacillus will not do any harm. But if your immunity is weakened, these microorganisms, which until recently were completely harmless, become active and begin to cause a lot of trouble. As a result, it is not known where meningitis, pneumonia, purulent cellulite and other diseases may appear from. Those patients who have recently suffered serious infectious diseases, as well as children under the age of five, are almost defenseless against this bacterium. However, the very first at risk are children whose age is less than a year, but more than six months. During this period (6-12 months), the child’s body is especially vulnerable, because by the age of 6 months the protective system is no longer supported by mother’s milk, and its independent functioning begins, as well as the first attempts to combat bacteria from outside. Today, almost half of all children have a hemophilic bacillus, and at the first problems with immunity, it can make itself felt. The transmission method is airborne or household, which is one of the reasons for the wide distribution of these microorganisms.
Most people suffering from hemophilic infections are children under 6 years old. With disseminated infection, the pathogen from the nasopharynx cavity with a blood stream enters various organs, affecting some systems. It can also enter the cerebral cortex. The pathogen can be of six types. It is worth saying that type b hemophilic infection occupies a special place in this list, since these bacteria have eight genes responsible for different functions. In addition, it is the only pathogen of all six that can penetrate the blood. Haemophilus influenzae type b is the most virulent. It is caused by the most aggressive wand of all possible types. If the child has such a hemophilic bacillus, the treatment will be quite difficult - after all, this pathogen is very resistant to antibiotics. This distinguishes it from other species. Haemophilus influenzae type b is the leading cause of many diseases in children under the age of six. Their list is very long - meningitis, epiglottitis, pneumonia, septicemia. And this is far from all the diseases that hemophilic infection of type B can lead to. In all these cases, this pathogen is the cause of a considerable part of cases of invasive diseases. For example, in 30-50% of cases, the cause of meningitis in children is a hemophilic bacillus. If it caused pneumonia, then this disease will occur with numerous complications.
If your child has a hemophilic bacillus, treatment is possible due to the recent appearance of a number of drugs that can prevent the effects of these dangerous microorganisms. Official medicine in our country does not provide for vaccination of young children against this bacterium, but nevertheless it is possible. If the child has a hemophilic bacillus, the prevention of the development of diseases can be carried out with the help of the French drug Act-Hib, which has proven itself well.
Unfortunately, the hemophilus bacillus often does not leave adults alone, being the cause of superinfection, which manifests itself in bronchitis. Such pneumonia often proceeds in parallel with pleurisy. If a hemophilic bacillus is detected, treatment is most often performed with etiotropic agents.